Having our say

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/01/2017

The Times of India on January 19 used its edit page to argue across four columns that "there is blood on the floor of one of the last bastions of print media in the world." It referred to the Hindustan Times closing seven editions without naming the paper, to suggest that the print industry is in deep trouble and that the government and the Supreme Court which ordered the industry to implement the Wage Board, are to blame. It argues for non journalist staff to be removed from the ambit of the wage board, for DAVP advertising rates to be raised, and for zero rating of newspapers under GST. It is signed, TOI Editorial. At the behest of TOI Management, doubtless.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.